I do not know if this expression (float dead) it is well undertood in English, and may be the fact that I can not "float dead" is kind of ridiculous for some of you (for me too), but even when I have been master swimming for over 13 years now (practicing 6 days a week), and I have participated in many open water meets in my life, and some of them I have wan at my edge group (35-39).... even so I still can not play as float dead (face up) with my body, neither in a pool or on the sea.
I can do it with a pull buoy in my ancles but with out it, my feet just sink.
My both children can float dead easily since they were little (4 years old) and I show them how to do it, but I can´t, is it not funny?
Anyone have a tip?:confused:
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Originally posted by geochuck
Alex
I swam at the 1955 Pan Am Games Mexico, the pool was unique, the Library beautiful and the Sombrero Stadium amazing to enter. with a large crowd. Are they still there?
Are you using the full capacity of your lungs? Have you dropped the diaphram? I would not suggest you hold your breath fo 90 seconds. I get a head ache.
Yes, the pool still there, and everything else, but the pool it is not what it used to be, I swan there a couple year ago in a meet, and although the water quality was fine, everything else seems old now. In countries like Mexico there is not much budget for sports, except when we are going to host international games.
Let me tell you that for the Olympics games at 1968, the goverment had to impose a tax for every car in the country, well that tax was supposed to finance the Olympic games, but the tax still effective untill now and everyone with a car have to pay it every year (about 5% of the value of the car).
Anyhow, we do have many good private clubs like the Y or the one that I practice in: www.casablanca.com.mx/.../index.php
About the question of my lungs capacity, yes it is my full.
Originally posted by geochuck
Alex
I swam at the 1955 Pan Am Games Mexico, the pool was unique, the Library beautiful and the Sombrero Stadium amazing to enter. with a large crowd. Are they still there?
Are you using the full capacity of your lungs? Have you dropped the diaphram? I would not suggest you hold your breath fo 90 seconds. I get a head ache.
Yes, the pool still there, and everything else, but the pool it is not what it used to be, I swan there a couple year ago in a meet, and although the water quality was fine, everything else seems old now. In countries like Mexico there is not much budget for sports, except when we are going to host international games.
Let me tell you that for the Olympics games at 1968, the goverment had to impose a tax for every car in the country, well that tax was supposed to finance the Olympic games, but the tax still effective untill now and everyone with a car have to pay it every year (about 5% of the value of the car).
Anyhow, we do have many good private clubs like the Y or the one that I practice in: www.casablanca.com.mx/.../index.php
About the question of my lungs capacity, yes it is my full.
